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BMW E38

Every BMW E38 model year on file, 1995 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years71995 to 2001
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins92Summed across model years
By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119951996199719981999200012001
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seats leads the BMW E38 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seats
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW E38 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW E38 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2001Not decoded0NoneNone009
2000Sedan1100.030019
1999Not decoded0NoneNone0023
1998Not decoded0NoneNone1019
1997Not decoded0NoneNone1015
1996Not decoded0NoneNone103
1995Not decoded0NoneNone104
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW E38

  • 09E-025 May 11, 2009
    These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
    Lighting · 43k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.